Designed in 1874 for MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan. [Clouse] [Reichardt 2011]

Adopted for phototype as Xenotype 3835 (Romanesque) by PLINC [PLINC 1965]. Later shown as Phidian Xenotype. Unlike the original, the lowercase letters have a shadow line, too. [PLINC One Liner 1971] Another, more faithful version is shown as Romanesque in Dan X. Solo’s Victorian Display Alphabets (Dover, 1976).

Durham Abbey NF is a digital revival (used for sample).